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In episode #276, New York Times bestselling author TJ English chats with Trey Elling about DANGEROUS RHYTHMS: JAZZ AND THE UNDERWORLD. In the first of a two-part conversation with TJ, topics include:
0:00 Intro
3:10 Why the birth of jazz was about more than merely creating a new sort of language
6:29 How lynchings helped form a bond Sicilian club owners and black jazz musicians in early-1900s New Orleans
10:22 The origins of the term 'jazz'
14:06 "Jellyroll" Morton
16:56 The influence of the "Sicilian Black Hand"
20:02 The scene surrounding the earliest Kansas City jazz clubs
25:19 Not shying away from the ugliness that surrounded jazz in its early days
32:16 Louis Armstrong's move from New Orleans to Chicago in 1922
40:50 Al Capone hearts Fats Waller
44:20 The birth of the hipster